Death Through The Dark By William Stafford, And The Black...

Life is a very special thing given to everyone. Life is something that needs to be treasured, regardless if it is a human or animal. Just with life, death is a special thing. Death is something that is shrouded in mystery that humans explore. Since humans know that they are going to die, they are interested in how others died. They explore their life and the possibility of how they lived, and then their death. In the poem, Traveling through the Dark by William Stafford, and The Black Snake by Mary Oliver, both share a common theme of life and death. In the poem, Traveling Through the Dark, Stafford describes how he was moved by the death of a pregnant fawn while driving his car on the mountain road at night. Whiling traveling on the road at night, the narrator found a deer. He thought it would be better if the deer to be moved and stopped his car to move it back. He found the deer recently killed and her body was almost cold. He pulled the body over to the side and saw her large bel ly. He touched the belly and he thought the deer was pregnant with its baby still alive and never to be born. The narrator could no nothing. The lights of the car were on and the engine was making a continuous sound, as if it sounded pleased. He felt that the cry in the wilderness was heard and after thinking he pushed the deer into the river. This poem shows a contrast between machine and animal. In the first three stanzas, he describes his encounter with the deer and its unborn baby. Then,Show MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages250 Examples of Employee Involvement Programs 251 †¢ Linking Employee Involvement Programs and Motivation Theories 252 Using Rewards to Motivate Employees 252 What to Pay: Establishing a Pay Structure 252 †¢ How to Pay: Rewarding Individual Employees Through Variable-Pay Programs 253 †¢ Flexible xii CONTENTS Benefits: Developing a Benefits Package 257 †¢ Intrinsic Rewards: Employee Recognition Programs 259 Summary and Implications for Managers 261 S A L Self-Assessment Library What’s